Protector for spectacles.



PATENTED MAY 29, 1906.

C. E. LINNIG. PROTECTOR FOR SPECTACLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8. 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 1906.

Application filed June 8, 1905. Serial No. 264,?23.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. LINNIG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Peru, in the county of Lasalle and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Protectors for Spectacles; and I do'declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to protectors for eyeglasses or spectacles and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide a shipping case or box for containing a pair of spectacles or eyeglasses which can be readily formed from a singleflat'pasteboard or cardboard blank and which, when bent into the required form, provides a raised portion, which serves to hold the nose-pieces of the glasses or the bow of the spectacles firmly in place thereon.

Another object of the same is to provide a simple easily-formed paper receptacle for glasses or spectacles, which can be cheaply produced and which will be strong and efficient in use. 1

These and other objects are attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank'forming my spectacle case or eyeglass protector. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the case or protector-after the parts have been bent into the required shape and secured. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a slightly-modified form of blank, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the case or protector when the parts have been bent into the required positions and secured in place to form a complete eyeglass or spectacle protector-case.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description ofmy invention, the numeral 1 designates the top of the case or protector, 2 is the bottom thereof, and 3 is the tailpiece, all of said parts being formed of a single piece of cardboard or pasteboard. Cut from the central portion of the bottom of the case are two guard-walls 4 5, which are adapted to be scored at 6 and bent at right angles to the plane of the bottom portion. The tailpiece has three walls 7 8 9 and is scored at 10 and bent at right angles to form guard-walls 4 5. j l

A ledge is formed at the outer edge of the case and this ledge, when bent upon the scored lines 12, forms a stop for the cover of the boX or case. The ends and sides of the cover and bottom are formed by scoring the paper at 13 and bending the ends and sides down, as will be understood. A hole or aperture 14 is formed in the top and bottom of the box for a fastener of any desirable character, preferably a paper-fastener of the McGill type.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the guard-walls are formed by means of the two slits A B at the ends and a central slit C at the center thereof, the two walls being scored at D E .and bent upward, as shown, to form an artificial nose for holding the glassesor spectacles in place.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that my box or case can be manufactured at slight cost from a single pasteboard or cardboard blank and can be quickly bent into the required shape to form a strong, efficient, and durable device for its purpose.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. -A protector-case for eyeglasses and spectacles made from a fiat paper blank, said case consisting of guard-walls cut from the bottom of the blank, scored and bent at right angles thereto, a tailpiece having three walls bent upwardly therefrom, and a ledge forming a stop for the cover, said tailpiece and walls being secured to the guard-walls, substantially as described.

2. A case or protector for eyeglasses or spectacles, comprising guard-walls formed by slitting the bottom of the case longitudinally and centrally to form guards, said guards being scored at their bases and bent at right angles to the bottom, a tailpiece, a ledge from which the tailpiece projects, three walls formed on the tailpiece by scoring the bases thereof, said tailpiece and ledge being bent down over the guard-walls and secured in place to form an artificial nose for eyeglasses or spectacles, substantially as described.

3. A case or protector for eyeglasses or spectacles made from a single sheet-blank and comprising a box-body and cover there- Having thus fully described my invention,

for, guard-walls cut from the bottom of the In testimony whereof I have hereunto set boXb0dy and bent at right angles to said I my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 10 bottom, a tailpiece extending partially across nesses.

the box-body and consisting of two side walls and an end wall bent downward and inclos- 7 CHARLES LINNIG' ing the guard-walls, and a ledge connected to Witnesses said tailpiece and forming a stop for the G. HLE'IGKHAFF,

cover, substantially as described; EMIL SOHAID. 

